Answered Prayers

Clause: I put this in comparative religion to not only get different religious people's point of view of my question but also avoid the drama and unproductive comments is or is not related to the topic.

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Ask: Does not mean to beg or in a selfish way to want things for yourself. It's a communicative way of saying "I need help in any way or to anyone appropriate. Can you help me out with X?" not begging and not commanding. Communicating.

Answer: Does not mean expecting something to happen or actually looking for an answer. The answers come spontaneously and you pick it up without actually doing anything on your own (if that is your faith) or in other faiths answers come within the ritual performed. (and so forth)

Distinguish: Discerning how the answers relate to what you asked and making sure it is not in a way that is begging (unless that is what you want) and knowing that answers are not expected (unless, again, that's what you want).

Why do I ask?

There's always a why somewhere up in there. I'll say why because I hate assumptions over words on a screen. I'm just going through a situation, multi-tasking with my school and work problems, and I know the Spirits and family are helping me but I want to actually interact and communicate with them. I mean, not just in physical verbal and ritual prayer, but really put all of this in my daily routine. Life is exhausting and I'm not getting younger.

So, since I'm not getting younger, approach these questions as spiritual growth (which I'm sure everyone is growing spiritually and/or finding their morals or however you'd like to phrase it) rather than someone who is a baby on their walk. Approach this as a person like you needing a friend not a mother or father.

So...

Questions:


Just in case you guys don't read my posts.

Nam.

I myself don't use prayer as a begging tool, I only use it to thank the universe for what it has given me.

psychoslice said:

I myself don't use prayer as a begging tool, I only use it to thank the universe for what it has given me.

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How do you do so, if not personal; and, how do you distinguish the answers?

Carlita said:

How do you do so, if not personal; and, how do you distinguish the answers?

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I myself don't need an answer, for I am One with God, who is going to answer ?.

Carlita said:

Clause: I put this in comparative religion to not only get different religious people's point of view of my question but also avoid the drama and unproductive comments is/is not related to the topic.

Questions:

What do you do (if not to personal) to ask in prayer?
When you receive an answer, how do you distinguish it as an answer?​

Ask: Does not mean to beg or in a selfish way to want things for yourself. It's a communicative way of saying "I need help in any way or to anyone appropriate. Can you help me out with X?" not begging and not commanding. Communicating.

Answer: Does not mean expecting something to happen or actually looking for an answer. The answers come spontaneously and you pick it up without actually doing anything on your own (if that is your faith) or in other faiths answers come within the ritual performed. (and so forth)

Distinguish: Discerning how the answers relate to what you asked and making sure it is not in a way that is begging (unless that is what you want) and knowing that answers are not expected (unless, again, that's what you want).

Why do I ask?

There's always a why somewhere up in there. I'll say why because I hate assumptions over words on a screen. I'm just going through a situation, multi-tasking with my school and work problems, and I know the Spirits and family are helping me but I want to actually interact and communicate with them. I mean, not just in physical verbal and ritual prayer, but really put all of this in my daily routine. Life is exhausting and I'm not getting younger.

So, since I'm not getting younger, approach these questions as spiritual growth (which I'm sure everyone is growing spiritually and/or finding their morals or however you'd like to phrase it) rather than someone who is a baby on their walk. Approach this as a person like you needing a friend not a mother or father.

So...

Questions:

What do you do (if not to personal) to ask in prayer?
When you receive an answer, how do you distinguish it as an answer?​

Just in case you guys don't read my posts.

Nam.

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Firstly, Carlita, my dear, I will say I absolutely adore your posts! I read them all. I find them to be very thoughtful and full of insight!

What do I do to ask God for something in prayer? I just simply pour my heart to God. You know? Like you said, I approach Him the same way I would my best friend. Because God is the Friend, the Beloved.

How do I distinguish His Answer as the answer to my prayers? Well, Carlita, my experiences have taught me that God's Answer can come from unexpected places at unexpected points in time, dig? Though, the more that I think about this, I've always been lead back to the Holy Scriptures in confirmation. Thank you so much for your thoughtfulness in the OP! XOXO

psychoslice said:

I myself don't need an answer, for I am One with God, who is going to answer ?.

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Yourself?

Thank you so much for your warm thoughts. I really appreciate it.

DJ_sXe said:

What do I do to ask God for something in prayer? I just simply pour my heart to God. You know? Like you said, I approach Him the same way I would my best friend. Because God is the Friend, the Beloved.

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I actually never knew what that meant when I was a practicing Christian. I hear Catholics say they pour their heart to Christ and I always thought "but he's a stranger." How do you just connect with a stranger more than one's family? How do you put a stranger over your own family? Type of thing.

Then when my grandmother passed away, I started learning about my family heritage. Mostly by paper format since no one like to talk about their past. Then the Spirits (souls of kin, history, humanity) saved me from getting hit by a car. Then I thought about my grandmother, and said "I haven't forgot." Anyway (bringing myself to tears), but yeah, I dig. I understand what you mean now. I go to my altar and just start talking. I don't know where the answers are to my prayers but I know they are there. Sometimes it's more like warnings or someone (don't know which soul) is saying "be careful.." then you'd think it's gut feeling but you wait and think, I don't feel anything. Where did that come from?

It's hard. I understand.

DJ_sXe said:

How do I distinguish His Answer as the answer to my prayers? Well, Carlita, my experiences have taught me that God's Answer can come from unexpected places at unexpected points in time, dig? Though, the more that I think about this, I've always been lead back to the Holy Scriptures in confirmation. Thank you so much for your thoughtfulness in the OP! XOXO

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I kind of wish I had holy scriptures to confirm. That's beautiful. Years ago when I was in my youth-pagan days and wearing black nails and the whole nine yards, and I read to make your own Book of Shadows. I've always been stubborn because I always thought to look for spirituality it's supposed to come from someone else's testimony not based on your own. I never did make one. In Buddhism, Nichiren Buddhist look to The Lotus Sutra (a book that talks about rebirth and the disciple's praise to The Buddha for understanding this nature of life that they are trying to receive themselves). It's not a scripture that I can confirm with in regards to The Spirits but more of a moral guidance.

Anyway, it's good that you have that internal and scriptural confirmation. Is it the words of Baha'ullah and/or is it a compilation of different scriptural text related to the god of Abraham?

My prayer consists mostly of slokas (verses) of praise, and Vedic mantras and hymns. I almost never ask for anything material. Rather, I ask for inspiration, guidance, motivation, protection, and to thank the gods for what I do have.

DJ_sXe said:

Firstly, Carlita, my dear, I will say I absolutely adore your posts! I read them all. I find them to be very thoughtful and full of insight!

What do I do to ask God for something in prayer? I just simply pour my heart to God. You know? Like you said, I approach Him the same way I would my best friend. Because God is the Friend, the Beloved.

How do I distinguish His Answer as the answer to my prayers? Well, Carlita, my experiences have taught me that God's Answer can come from unexpected places at unexpected points in time, dig? Though, the more that I think about this, I've always been lead back to the Holy Scriptures in confirmation. Thank you so much for your thoughtfulness in the OP! XOXO

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I know the Spirits are sorry BIG edit. They are not all-knowing and all-powerful; so, I doubt they can do more than two or three "jobs" at the same time. Do you usually ask or have one thing on your mind when talking to god as not to overload his ears, I guess you can say?

Jainarayan said:

My prayer consists mostly of slokas (verses) of praise, and Vedic mantras and hymns. I almost never ask for anything material. Rather, I ask for inspiration, guidance, motivation, protection, and to thank the gods for what I do have.

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Yeah. That's beautiful. The Lotus Sutra talks about compassion, inspiration, and so forth. Never material possessions. Though, unlike the Spirits, what The Buddha says is more of something we do rather than the Spirits protecting us, type of thing.

How do you distinguish the answers you receive? More of a feeling? Something physical or things that happen in everyday life that wouldn't usually happen?

Carlita said:

Yourself?

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Ha, I knew you would say that, but who is the self ?.

Carlita said:

the answers you receive? More of a feeling? Something physical or things that happen in everyday life that wouldn't usually happen?

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Pretty much those. Sometimes it's a flash of inspiration, guidance, realization after I've asked for help; sometimes it's a gut feeling; sometimes it's help from an unlikely source.

psychoslice said:

Ha, I knew you would say that, but who is the self ?.

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Hm. Well, I can't define someone else's "self" or even say they do have one. It's that person's spiritual (or however you want to name) outlook. The word self is irrelevant to me when talking about spirituality. Self, self, etc just all tongue-twister words. I'm simple. So, how do you define your self?

Jainarayan said:

Pretty much those. Sometimes it's a flash of inspiration, guidance, realization after I've asked for help; sometimes it's a gut feeling; sometimes it's help from an unlikely source.

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Nice. Yeah. I get those often but push them away without thinking too much about it. Lacking in observation skills. Eh.

Carlita said:

Clause: I put this in comparative religion to not only get different religious people's point of view of my question but also avoid the drama and unproductive comments is or is not related to the topic.

Questions:

What do you do (if not to personal) to ask in prayer?
When you receive an answer, how do you distinguish it as an answer?​

Ask: Does not mean to beg or in a selfish way to want things for yourself. It's a communicative way of saying "I need help in any way or to anyone appropriate. Can you help me out with X?" not begging and not commanding. Communicating.

Answer: Does not mean expecting something to happen or actually looking for an answer. The answers come spontaneously and you pick it up without actually doing anything on your own (if that is your faith) or in other faiths answers come within the ritual performed. (and so forth)

Distinguish: Discerning how the answers relate to what you asked and making sure it is not in a way that is begging (unless that is what you want) and knowing that answers are not expected (unless, again, that's what you want).

Why do I ask?

There's always a why somewhere up in there. I'll say why because I hate assumptions over words on a screen. I'm just going through a situation, multi-tasking with my school and work problems, and I know the Spirits and family are helping me but I want to actually interact and communicate with them. I mean, not just in physical verbal and ritual prayer, but really put all of this in my daily routine. Life is exhausting and I'm not getting younger.

So, since I'm not getting younger, approach these questions as spiritual growth (which I'm sure everyone is growing spiritually and/or finding their morals or however you'd like to phrase it) rather than someone who is a baby on their walk. Approach this as a person like you needing a friend not a mother or father.

So...

Questions:

What do you do (if not to personal) to ask in prayer?
When you receive an answer, how do you distinguish it as an answer?​

Just in case you guys don't read my posts.

Nam.

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I never ask for anything anymore. One day I realised that I'm the luckiest person in the world and since then I don't dare ask for more.

loverofhumanity said:

I never ask for anything anymore. One day I realised that I'm the luckiest person in the world and since then I don't dare ask for more.

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Do you have conversation in prayer? I know the word "asking" seems to be a itchy word.

Carlita said:

Hm. Well, I can't define someone else's "self" or even say they do have one. It's that person's spiritual (or however you want to name) outlook. The word self is irrelevant to me when talking about spirituality. Self, self, etc just all tongue-twister words. I'm simple. So, how do you define your self?

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So what do you mean about being spiritual, who is the one that is spiritual ?.

Carlita said:

Do you have conversation in prayer? I know the word "asking" seems to be a itchy word.

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Hi Carlita. Not in words but with my feelings. I express my true feelings to God.

Carlita said:

Clause: I put this in comparative religion to not only get different religious people's point of view of my question but also avoid the drama and unproductive comments is or is not related to the topic.

Questions:

What do you do (if not to personal) to ask in prayer?
When you receive an answer, how do you distinguish it as an answer?​

Ask: Does not mean to beg or in a selfish way to want things for yourself. It's a communicative way of saying "I need help in any way or to anyone appropriate. Can you help me out with X?" not begging and not commanding. Communicating.

Answer: Does not mean expecting something to happen or actually looking for an answer. The answers come spontaneously and you pick it up without actually doing anything on your own (if that is your faith) or in other faiths answers come within the ritual performed. (and so forth)

Distinguish: Discerning how the answers relate to what you asked and making sure it is not in a way that is begging (unless that is what you want) and knowing that answers are not expected (unless, again, that's what you want).

Why do I ask?

There's always a why somewhere up in there. I'll say why because I hate assumptions over words on a screen. I'm just going through a situation, multi-tasking with my school and work problems, and I know the Spirits and family are helping me but I want to actually interact and communicate with them. I mean, not just in physical verbal and ritual prayer, but really put all of this in my daily routine. Life is exhausting and I'm not getting younger.

So, since I'm not getting younger, approach these questions as spiritual growth (which I'm sure everyone is growing spiritually and/or finding their morals or however you'd like to phrase it) rather than someone who is a baby on their walk. Approach this as a person like you needing a friend not a mother or father.

So...

Questions:

What do you do (if not to personal) to ask in prayer?
When you receive an answer, how do you distinguish it as an answer?​

Just in case you guys don't read my posts.

Nam.

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the infinite merciful God says in verse 186 of chapter 2:
And when My servants ask you concerning Me, then surely I am very near; I
answer the prayer of the suppliant when he calls on Me, so they should answer My
call and believe in Me that they may walk in the right way.

Carlita said:

Clause: I put this in comparative religion to not only get different religious people's point of view of my question but also avoid the drama and unproductive comments is or is not related to the topic.

Questions:

What do you do (if not to personal) to ask in prayer?
When you receive an answer, how do you distinguish it as an answer?​

Ask: Does not mean to beg or in a selfish way to want things for yourself. It's a communicative way of saying "I need help in any way or to anyone appropriate. Can you help me out with X?" not begging and not commanding. Communicating.

Answer: Does not mean expecting something to happen or actually looking for an answer. The answers come spontaneously and you pick it up without actually doing anything on your own (if that is your faith) or in other faiths answers come within the ritual performed. (and so forth)

Distinguish: Discerning how the answers relate to what you asked and making sure it is not in a way that is begging (unless that is what you want) and knowing that answers are not expected (unless, again, that's what you want).

Why do I ask?

There's always a why somewhere up in there. I'll say why because I hate assumptions over words on a screen. I'm just going through a situation, multi-tasking with my school and work problems, and I know the Spirits and family are helping me but I want to actually interact and communicate with them. I mean, not just in physical verbal and ritual prayer, but really put all of this in my daily routine. Life is exhausting and I'm not getting younger.

So, since I'm not getting younger, approach these questions as spiritual growth (which I'm sure everyone is growing spiritually and/or finding their morals or however you'd like to phrase it) rather than someone who is a baby on their walk. Approach this as a person like you needing a friend not a mother or father.

So...

Questions:

What do you do (if not to personal) to ask in prayer?
When you receive an answer, how do you distinguish it as an answer?​

Just in case you guys don't read my posts.

Nam.

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in my personal experience, understanding is easy for me most of times.
when i resort to God, send blessings to prophet Mohammad and his progeny (peace be upon them)
remember praises, beauty, mercy, and favors of God, then pray and achieve my Goal,
i realized that God answered my pray!
God the infinite merciful says in the holy Quran verse 186 of chapter 2:
وَإِذَا سَأَلَكَ عِبَادِي عَنِّي فَإِنِّي قَرِيبٌ أُجِيبُ دَعْوَةَ الدَّاعِ إِذَا دَعَانِ فَلْيَسْتَجِيبُوا لِي وَلْيُؤْمِنُوا بِي لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْشُدُونَ

And when My servants ask you concerning Me, then surely I am very near; I answer the prayer of the suppliant when he calls on Me, so they should answer My call and believe in Me that they may walk in the right way